Safety-razor.



I. F. CRAVEN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1914.

1 31835 gfig Patented Apr" 13, 1915.

JAMES F. CRAVEN, OF GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

- SAFETY-EMQNJ.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. l3, lltlld.

Application filed October $23, 1914. Serial No. 868,316.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, JAMEs F. CRAVEN, a

resident of Grafton, in the county of Allechine tools or apparatus,which comprises till lit

in a single member all the necessary features of a, safety razor, whichholds the blade securely against the ard and prevents soap and hair fromgetting in between the blade and guard, which holds the blade in such amanner that the user must necessarily apply the blade to the face at theproper angle, in which the blade is secured to the outer face of theguard and lies flat against the face during shaving, thereby cutting thehair at a right angle, which would not be the case if anything werebetween the blade and face, which has no objectionable protuberances orprojections which finight contact with the skin, and which has nomovable parts, so that it is clean, sanitary and can be easily washedand is not liable to collect dirt or germs.

The invention comprises the razor hereinafter described and claimed.

la the drawings, Figure T represents a perspective view of a razorembodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 isan end elevation, looking directly at the guard and in dotted line:showing a blade therein; Fig. l is a cross section on the line4l-d,'Fig. 3, and on a larger scale; Fig. 5 is a front view lookin inthe direction of the arrow A, Fig. 2'; an Fig. 6 is a detailed plan viewof a blade.

The razor shown in the drawings is made of a single piece of metal orother suitable material, preferably of such thickness and weight as tobe rigid and indeaible, so that it is durable and is not liable to bendor brealr in service. The razor may be made from heavy sheet metal bystamping and pressing operations, or, if desired, may be made of diecast white metal or other suitable material, such as bakelite, celluloidor even glass.

The razor comprises a handle member 1, which is in the shape of a ratherblunt tongue, with the side i. gar 2 which converge toward the end ofthe handle. Said handle 1s bent on a gentle curve from end to end. asshownin Fig. 2, so that its outer end portion is substantiallyperpendicular to the middle portion of the guard This guard iscontinuous with the handle member 1 and is cast in the form shown if therazor is made of cast material, or if made of forged or pressed metal isformed by merely bending over the wide end of the blank into aplanesubstautially perpendicular to the end ortion of the handle. Themetal at the end between the guard and handle is curved on a. ratherlarge radius, as shown at 4, in order to provide suflicient stock toenable the middle portion to be hollowed out. as at 5, for the purposeof removing the blade, as

hereinafter more fully described. The front edge of the guard 3 isprovided with the usual teeth 6, which are formed by properly shapingthe die or by sawing or slotting out the material between adjacentteeth, as will be readily understood. The teeth are preferably alsobeveled or rounded 0d, as shown at 6 so that no sharp edges will contactwith the face. The outer face of the guard is provided at each end witha shoulder 7, preferably formed by milling out the material of the guardlying between said shoulders, although if desired the shoul' ders may bestamped or pressed from the original stock. These shoulders, generallyspeaking. are normal to the toothed edge of the guard, but, as shown inFig. 3, converge rearwardly from the guard teeth. They form between thema socket or seat to receive the razor blade 8, which has its end edges 9inclined in the same manner as the abutment 7. The blade is placed inthe razor by slipping it in from the front between the abutments 7, andis removed therefrom by applying the thumb or finger to the rear edge ofthe blade where it projects over the cavity 5, and which enables theblade to be readily pushed out from its seat.

The abutments 7 are preferablv undercut. as shown at 10, Fig. 4, so'thatthe pressure on the cutting edge in shaving will force the blade tightlyagainst the flat bottom of the blade-holding socket in the guard andconsequentlv prevent the entrance of soap, hair, or the like between theblade and guard. This construction permits the use of a very thin blade.

The razor described is quite simple as it consists of only a singlepiece and has no moving parts. Consequently it may be readily cleanedafter shaving, and is not liable-to collect dirt or erms. It can bemanufactured cheaply an ra idly in large quantities. The outer face 0?the blade is exposed, and lies flat against the face during shaving, sothat the best shaving efl'ect is obtained.

What I claim is 1. A safet razor, comprisin a handle and a toothe guardconnected t ereto, said guard having its outer face provided with arecess or seat for a blade, the edges of said recess bein undercut anddiver ing toward the toothe portion of the guard.

2. A safety razor, comprising a handle and atoothed guard connectedthereto, said guard having its outer face provided with a recess or seatfor a blade, the edges of said recess diver ing toward the toothedportion 2c of the guar and a blade lying within said recess and havingits end edges inclined to each other. i

3. A safet razor, comprisin a handle and a toothe guard connected tereto, said 25 guard having its outer face provided with a recess orseat for a blade, the edges .of said recess bein undercut and divergintoward the toothe portion of the guard, an a blade lying within saidrecess and having its end ed es'inclined to each other.

11 testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

I JAMES F. CRAVEN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM'B. WHARTON, GLErm H. Lnassons.

